... a list of the eighty-five poets featured in the recent Bloodaxe anthology Identity Parade.

John Stammers' new Poetry Discussion Group at the Poetry School focuses on the work of poets in this anthology. Through lively and wide-ranging discussion, students will also look at poets of the period who weren't in the book, for comparison and to provide a wider context. You'll discuss such issues as whether there are trends that can be discerned; whether there are styles or forms that are predominant; and if there are any commonly recurring themes or concerns that might be mapped onto wider social or cultural currents. Lovely literary to-and-fro and genial company as the winter settles in.